1. Investigating Earthquakes Anne Wampler C6 C6 C6 2. CONTENTS Our Maps What have you learned about earthquakes and earthquake prediction? What factors influence earthquake…

Slide 1Plate Boundaries and Plate Interactions Slide 2 Goals Classify and label the types of movement at plate boundaries, using a world map that shows relative plate motions…

Slide 1EARTHQUAKES Slide 2 What are Earthquakes? The shaking or trembling of the earth/ground caused by the sudden release of energy Usually associated with faulting or breaking…

Slide 1CST Review Standard 3 Plate Tectonics operating over geologic time has changed the patterns of land, sea, and mountains on Earths surface. a.Know the features of the…

Slide 1Ch 7: Plate Tectonics A work in progress … Slide 2 Animation of Continental Drift pangea moving Pangea w/ labels PANGAEA: – Name of a supercontinent. – All continents…

Slide 1Chapter 19 Plate Tectonics Slide 2 Alfred Wegener l A man with an idea. l In 1912 l Noticed similar shapes l similar fossils l Similar rock structures l Similar evidence…

Slide 1Birth of a Theory Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Slide 2 Wegeners Hypothesis Alfred Wegener proposed that all the continents were once joined together in a…

Slide 1Plate Tectonics Slide 2 Brief Structure of the Earth Divided into layers: –Core, mantle, crust Slide 3 Brief Structure of the Earth Lithosphere –Crust and upper…

Slide 1Types of Volcanoes Chapter 11 Section 2 Slide 2 Types of Eruptions: Quiet Explosive Determined by: –Amount of water vapor/trapped gases in the magma. –Amount of…

Slide 1Volcanic Activity What caused Mt. St. Helens to erupt? Slide 2 Where do Volcanoes Occur? Slide 3 Where do volcanoes occur? Along convergent boundaries above subduction…